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| Press Releases |
| For Immediate Release |
| May 24th, 2004 |
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GRASSLEY: $15.3 MILLION IN FEDERAL MONEY FOR IOWA AIRPORTS
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WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration has awarded grants totaling $15,308,527 million for 34 airports in Iowa.
"Investing in local airports is important for economic development and improving the quality of life in rural areas and urban communities," Grassley said. "The federal dollars that are on their way to Iowa will help improve safety and the service provided by these airports."
The federal dollars will be used for various airport improvement projects, as described here.
$227,354 to Winterset-Madison County Airport Authority to replace low-intensity runway edge lights with new medium-intensity runway edge lights
$718,200 to Fairfield Municipal to relocate the service road for construction of a new primary runway
$23,577 to Clarion Municipal to rehabilitate the apron
$530,100 to Dubuque Regional to purchase a ground-level bridge to assist in passengers safely boarding aircraft during inclement weather
$475,000 to Dubuque Regional to replace two snow removal trucks
$26,125 to Dubuque Regional to study airport pavement surfaces
$399,000 to Mason City Municipal to acquire land for runway approaches
$237,439 to Pella Municipal to extend the taxiway
$95,000 to Creston Municipal to rehabilitate the runway
$100,368 to Fort Madison Municipal to rehabilitate the runway
$7,600 to Lamoni Municipal to replace the 25 year-old beacon and install miscellaneous NAVIAIDS
$218,130 to Osceola Municipal to widen the taxiway and expand the apron
$114,950 to Guthrie County Regional to install miscellaneous NAVIAIDS and rehabilitate and access road
$1,217,442 to Ottumwa Industrial for the second phase of development of a full parallel taxiway
$1,231,584 to Sioux Gateway/Col. Bud Day Field to construct a snow removal equipment building
$285,000 to Sioux Gateway/Col. Bud Day Field to replace the existing front end loader for snow removal
$1,209,110 to Sioux Gateway/Col. Bud Day Field to rehabilitate the South Apron, replace the airfield friction measuring device with an electronic one, acquire land for a runway approach and replace the airport rotating beacon
$2,501,207 to The Eastern Iowa in Cedar Rapids to rehabilitate runway lighting, a taxiway and an apron, and to improve drainage and mitigate wildlife hazards to aircraft
$180,770 to Estherville Municipal to replace the runway lighting system
$159,125 to Denison Municipal to rehabilitate the apron
$450,000 to Davenport Municipal to rehabilitate the runway and taxiway
$228,000 to Arthur N Neu in Carroll to develop a hard-surfaced crosswind runway
$32,000 to Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark to expand the apron and reconstruct the gravel access road
$212,399 to Storm Lake Municipal to rehabilitate a runway
$149,179 to Shenandoah Municipal to expand the apron and replace the beacon
$541,251 to Sac City Municipal to rehabilitate the runway and taxiway
$78,320 to Pocahontas Municipal to construct a snow removal equipment building
$79,800 to Newton Municipal to construct an access road and provide landside access to the relocated terminal area
$32,000 to Mount Pleasant Municipal to expand the apron
$19,494 to Jefferson Municipal to improve airport drainage and eliminate ponding water on the west side of the runway
$28,500 to Humboldt Municipal to install miscellaneous NAVIAIDS
$296,400 to Red Oak Municipal to acquire land for a 900-foot runway extension
$85,500 to Keokuk Municipal to acquire land for runway approaches $1,431,935 to Fort Dodge Regional to extend a runway for com
mercial service aircraft, replace the rotating beacon and rehabilitate the access road and parking lot
$1,170,000 to Ames Municipal to rehabilitate a runway
$154,443 to Forest City Municipal to rehabilitate a runway
$110,000 to Grinnell Regional to remove an obstructing tower
$71,250 to Algona Municipal to rehabilitate the entrance road
$180,975 to the State of Iowa to update airport layout plans at Boone, Fort Madison, Guthrie Center, Iowa Falls, Maquoketa and Rockwell City
The Federal Aviation Administration maintains a national plan of airport requirements, administers a grant program for development of public use airports to assure and improve safety and to meet current and future airport capacity needs, evaluates the environmental impacts of airport development, and administers an airport noise compatibility program with the goal of reducing non-compatible uses around airports.
It also develops standards and technical guidance on airport planning, design safety and operations and provides grants to assist public agencies in airport system and master planning and airport development and improvement.
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